Just a few notes from my adventures as a writer and a children's librarian.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

How many times did you revise that manuscript?

A Maryland writer of fiction for upper elementary and YA readers, Mary Amato, has just posted a video she made, tracing the amount of work she did on her latest book, Invisible Lines. All the revisions, the decisions, etc.

She aimed the video at teachers and students to illustrate the process writers go thru when writing a book. And everything she says about the long writing process is so true for all us writers -- of nonfiction as well as fiction.(except, she doesn't go into the research aspect much.)Enjoy.-wendieO